Sandton: Technical Manager Divisional posted by Profession Hub

About the Role

Our client is searching for a Technical Manager Divisional to join their team in Sandton. The successful candidate will provide strategic direction on the procurement and deployment of assets and equipment, ensuring optimum application of technology, and lead the Technical support department in delivering manufacturing technologies.

Key Responsibilities

### Strategic Planning

• Lead technological improvements in the business through development and implementation of short to medium term plans.
• Drive the review of equipment capacity utilisation and steer the direction within which the division revisits capital investments.
• Drive focused design work to ensure the business responds quickly to market needs.

### Capital Expenditure Management

• Manage the business growth model through the stage gate process.
• Lead the short to medium term planning process and approval of capital investments related to plant equipment and other assets.
• Identify and lead the equipment procurement process with manufacturers (OEMs).
• Monitor and review the investment returns (ROI) for all equipment procured and assets acquired.

### Project Management

• Drive project management frameworks and principles in the commissioning of new equipment.
• Lead the process of identifying and recommending suitable equipment technology projects to improve and enhance plant efficiencies.
• Drive the implementation of projects to improve plant efficiencies.
• Ensure resource and expertise availability in implementation of new projects.
• Oversee the setting of plant lay-outs and production process flow.

### Divisional Technical Standards

• Lead the analysis of product failures in the market and recommend solutions.
• Oversee the development of and review standards for equipment, input materials (raw materials and others), production processes etc.
• Review new product standards and specifications.
• Ensure product/spare/equipment design meets internal standards and fit-for-use.

### Asset Management

• Ensure Asset Management strategy is developed and implemented effectively (including Autonomous Maintenance Strategy).
• Ensure alignment of Asset Management Strategy to Operational Excellence philosophy as well as Digital Transformation philosophy.
• Ensure Asset Care Performance Indicators (RACPIs) are trended, and action is taken to correct deviations from standards.
• Ensure Maintenance budgets are developed and reviewed according to current financial policies and guidelines.
• Ensure a comprehensive maintenance management system is implemented and continuously reviewed using Asset Care principles and guidelines.
• Ensure Technical strategy for all relevant functions (e.g. Eng Responsibilities for Environment, Health & Safety, Engineering systems, Site infrastructure, total water & energy, Capex processes, Site Risk etc).
• Ensure resource capability development (Training & Coaching programmes) for Asset Management Competence.

### Operational Excellence

• Lead the identification of risks to improve performance.
• Integrate systems, tools (parts and components) and equipment to reduce complexity in manufacturing process.
• Monitor team performance and progress against plan, taking corrective action where necessary.
• Provide feedback to team members and coach where necessary. Ensure unacceptable performance is dealt with effectively and timeously and that good performance is recognised.
• Set up formal team structures for problem solving
• Ensure application of visual management practices for effective team updates.
• Apply Leading and Managing Change (LMC) process to ensure stakeholders buy-in for necessary improvements.
• Drive and encourage the team to apply the Foundation Practices, ensure adherence to standards and coach team in Foundation principles and practices.
• Encourage the team to keep up to date with relevant technologies and apply the best available technologies for the business.

### Capability Building

• Ensure the transfer of technical knowledge from subject matter experts in the team into the business and build capability.
• Coach the team in developing the skills to transfer their knowledge and work with the learning and development team in this regard.

### Lead the Team

• Lead and manage the Technical team.
• Manage and quality assure team deliverables.
• Review skill set of team, identify training needs with members and facilitate the necessary training.
• Resource the team and recruit when required, manage individual performance of team members and apply all relevant Human Capital practices to ensure an engaged and focused team.
• Drive Talent Management and succession planning.
• Facilitate the skills transfer in the team to build capabilities within the team.

Requirements

### Qualifications

• Relevant qualification (Bachelor of Science: Engineering)
• Post Graduate Business Administration qualification advantageous

Job Related Experience Required (and time span)

• 6 -8 years experience in technical roles, 5 of which must at least be at Management level.
• Experience in a manufacturing or FMCG environment within Production, or Technical Departments
• Line design experience, designing production lines or production processes
• Method development experience, developing production methods, and/or equipment.
• Project Management experience, setting up new production machinery or equipment.
• Experience in packaging
• Experience with managing manufacturing technology, the procurement and deployment thereof
• Exposure to supply chain, quality, safety, risk management

Job Related Knowledge

• Governance and compliance at board level
• Knowledge and experience of manufacturing solutions and systems
• Operational Excellence
• Continuous Improvement practices
• Safety and Risk Management

Job Related Skills

• Systems knowledge i.e. Asset Management solutions, ERP (Pragma, JDE)
• Financial acumen
• Microsoft Office suite advanced level
• Structured